diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/webhooks/social_inbox_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/webhooks/social_inbox_controller.rb
index a5951716..a1ff9677 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/webhooks/social_inbox_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/webhooks/social_inbox_controller.rb
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ module Api
         # @return [Actor]
         def actor
           @actor ||= ActivityPub::Actor.find_or_initialize_by(uri: original_activity[:actor]).tap do |a|
-            next if a.instance
+            unless a.instance
+              a.instance = ActivityPub::Instance.find_or_create_by(hostname: URI.parse(a.uri).hostname)
 
-            a.instance = ActivityPub::Instance.find_or_create_by(hostname: URI.parse(a.uri).hostname)
-
-            ActivityPub::InstanceFetchJob.perform_later(site: site, instance: a.instance)
+              ActivityPub::InstanceFetchJob.perform_later(site: site, instance: a.instance)
+            end
 
             a.save!